The Indian women's cricket team made history by winning the ICC Women's World Cup 2025 trophy. In the final match, they defeated South Africa by 52 runs. Batting first, India scored 298 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs. In reply, the South African team could only manage 246 runs, and India won the match along with the trophy. 

Many excellent players emerged in this entire tournament, who showed their magic with both their bat and ball. 

Let's take a look at the top five run-scorers and wicket-takers of this tournament...

Top 5 Run Scorers in the Women's ODI World Cup 2025

• First is South Africa's captain Laura Wolvaardt, who scored the most runs, 571, in 9 innings of 9 matches. She hit 73 fours and 7 sixes throughout the league. She also played an innings of 101 runs in the final.
• Second is Indian opening batter Smriti Mandhana, who scored 434 runs in 9 innings of 9 matches. She hit 50 fours and 9 sixes.
• Third is Australia's Ashleigh Gardner, who scored 328 runs in 5 innings of 7 matches and hit 39 fours and 6 sixes in the entire tournament.
• Pratika Rawal is fourth on this list, having scored 308 runs in 6 innings of 7 matches. However, she got injured in the match against Bangladesh and was ruled out of the team before the semi-final.
• Australian player Phoebe Litchfield scored 304 runs in 7 innings of 7 matches. During this, she hit 43 fours and 7 sixes.

Highest Wicket-Takers in Women's World Cup 2025

• First on this list is Indian women's all-rounder Deepti Sharma, who bowled 81.2 overs in 9 matches. Deepti conceded 449 runs and took the most wickets, 22.
• Second is Australia's Annabel Sutherland, who bowled 60.2 overs in 7 matches and conceded 279 runs. During this, she took 17 wickets.
• Third is England's player Sophie Ecclestone, who bowled 56.01 overs in 7 matches. She conceded 228 runs in 337 balls and took 16 wickets.
• Fourth is Indian women's bowler Sree Charani, who bowled 78 overs in 9 matches. She conceded 387 runs and took 14 wickets.
• Fifth is Australian player Alana King, who bowled 56 overs in 7 matches. She conceded 226 runs to the batters and took 13 wickets.

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